Talk To Me

-Waving to You-

After a bit of rest, Lapis and Peridot both made the decision to salvage what they could of their things and leave the rest of the Barn behind. Peridot was very excited about the prospect of using the leftovers to build all sorts of things. She didn't know what she could make exactly; there weren't many intact elements of the Barn left. Lapis thought this was a little funny. She said so as the two began hunting for familiar items.

"What would you make? A paint-can robot?" Lapis snickered.

"That paint can is not worthy of my technological expertise! See, look," She glared at the can. "It's mocking me."

"Pfft!"

Lapis continued searching. While crouching down to lift up a wood plank, she felt something sharp scratch her ankle. Peering down, she saw it was a small object, irregularly shaped and glinting in the sun.

"Hey, Peridot?"

"Yeah?"

"Before I left, you bubbled a gem and it went to the barn, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"I think I found it."

Lapis picked up the shard, running her fingers across its shape. Peridot came over and leaned behind her shoulder, mouth wide open.

"Oh my stars. It's shattered."

The two looked at each other and then back at the shard. Peridot gently touched it with a pained expression on her face.

"We should look for the other pieces."

Peridot pocketed it and they started pushing aside scraps on the ground, looking for anything even remotely shiny. Lapis found quite a few inside a cracked toilet bowl. She gathered them up in her arms and walked towards Peridot.

"That's all of them. What now?"

"I think we should take them to Steven. I'm certain he knows the specifics about Earth burial customs."

"Burial customs?"

"It's when humans put the used forms of another human into the ground. It's usually accompanied by crying and a buffet table. I saw it online."

"What's a buffet table?"

"A table filled with food, usually pastries and tiny hotdogs."

"Oh."

Peridot bubbled the shards and tucked the bubble under her arm. She started packing her things she'd found, including the bubble into a scrap of the hammock, knotting it up and wrapping an unwound wire hanger around the top. With that in place, she was able to use her metal powers to carefully suspend the sack above her head. Lapis packed up her things too, double knotting it. All in all, there was very little to take with them.

"Hmm. Buffet. B-u-f-f-e-t," Lapis sounded out.

"What are you doing?"

"Saying buffet. I like the way it sounds."

"Ha! That's weird."

Lapis stuck out her tongue. "You're weird."

"Your pants are weird!"

Lapis pulled water from a nearby puddle and splashed it on Peridot, both offended and amused.

"I worked hard on these!"

"He he he he! Nyaa!" Peridot made a face and scampered away with her sack in tow.

"Hey, get back here!" Lapis said while stifling laughter.